Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.
- Date:
- 1847
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Credit: Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![APPENDIX (II.) Pages 150, 151. No. 1. REPORT OF THE VISITING COMMISSIONERS ON THE LINCOLN LUNATIC HOSPITAL. [ Visited on the 23rd fy 24dh Sept., 1846, by Dr. Turner and Mr. Procter.] We (the undersigned Commissioners in Lunacy,) visited this Hospital on the two days above mentioned; on the first day in- specting the various Vards, yards, cells, and dormitories, appropri- ated to the patients, and seeing all, and conversing with many of the patients themselves; and on the second day, making various inquiries relative to their classification, medical treatment, and general management; and we now report as follows :— We found that there were 130 Patients in the hospital; of whom twenty-one males, and fifteen females were private patients, and forty-eight males, and forty-six females, were paupers. Two only were under medical treatment at the date of the last entry made in the Medical Register, which was a few days previously to our arrival; and as we learned from the House Surgeon, no one was taking medicine on the days of our visits. We were informed that about fifty patients were employed : that twelve attended the Cathedral service on Sundays, and that about sixty are generally present when prayers are read in the hospital. There is no chaplain, or clergyman, who attends the hospital; hut the House Surgeon reads prayers every evening. Neither is there any steward or clerk. The House Surgeon and the Matron, as far as we could understand, perform the duties of chaplain and clerk, and, wo believe, of steward; and they also attend all the ordinary visitors who come to inspect the hospital: being compellable under the existing regulations, to go round the ward with every stranger who, from feeling an interest in the establishment, or from mere curiosity, has been led to obtain a Governor’s order to inspect the premises. 'I'he hospital is visited by three physicians: Dr. Charlesworth, Dr. Elmhirst and Dr. Nicholson. These gentlemen visit in rota- tion, each taking a month at a time, and each during his month, A A](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21902756_0367.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
